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Perennial powers set to battle for women’s basketball national championship

Baylor coach Matt Rhule’s spoke to media at Big 12 Media Days from Monday morning at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. By

Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw is excited that Sunday’s night championship game will have two women coaches.

The Fighting Irish will be looking to join UConn, Tennessee and Southern Cal in winning consecutive titles during the NCAA era against Baylor.

It will be the first championship game since 2012 when both coaches — McGraw and Baylor’s Kim Mulkey — are women.

“The same two,” McGraw said after Friday night’s 81-76 semifinal win over UConn.